Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-04-01
CAPTURE Oh 4 THIBF.
"A New York Post Office
Clerk Cornered by
Detectives.
Judge Cooley Chosen as
Chairman Of the New
Commission.
A Crank Who Wanted to
Die While Patti Was
Singing.
Workings Of the New LAw-Anether
Chinese MErder-Texas Quar-
antine Against Chslsra-
Harrison Declines For
the Third Time.

the Third Time.
a Thlef In the New York PoseoGle.
NEw YoEx. March 3l.-At an earl
hour Wednesday mernine, the superin
tendent Of the pouch room Of reQula
division in the New York Postofhce va
surprised at the discovery that q pack
age which had arrived late on Tuesda
night, in pouch No. 606, from Portland
Oregon, containing $1,000 in currency
was missing. He had checked "a
package on some time before and b
could not imagine where it could hav
gone, as no one was in toe ofice excep
the clerks, $50 In number. The Super
intendent autographed for Inspectoa
Dosser and detained the CLERKS until b,
arrived. DosseF took the clerks to his
Office, and as his subordinates yer.
away. be sent for George T. Bangs, oi
the Pinkerton agency, to come and
assist him. The clerks we're examined
one at @ time and the examination con.
tinued all day and through the night
until early this morning.
Suspicion pointed in the direction OF
VIM. A. Clarke, clerk who has been
employed IN the Depaetmens for about
i've years. He was examined last.
For long time there have been robbeF-
les in the Department, and over sixty
packages and letters have been stolen,
the Inspectors having been unable to
entrap the thief. Clarke is q married
man and lives in Brooklyn. he vas
accused Of stealing several Of these
packages, bat be stoutly denied his
guilt.
At neon today Inspector Adset made
another search Of the Registry office,
and found paekage secreted beneath
some rubbish In the bottom Of q closet.
II wss from the First National Bank of
Portland, Oregon, and was addressed to
the Chemical National Bank of this
citv. Il was delivered 20 the bank
office and the contents found intact.
The Insuector had Clarke locked in q
room with him, and told bim the pack
age bad been found and that they had
enough evidence to convict him for the
theft. Even then Clarke would not &C.
knowledge that be had taken it. Finally
10 the afternoon he called Inspector
Dosser to him and told Kim that be had
stolen the package, and that he had
also stolen the ether sixty packages that
had been missing from time to time for
the past three years. He says be COM
mitted the thefts TO pay bis debts. he
vas addicted TO drinking and had gam
bled some. He could net say how much
be had stolen, but it Is supposed that he
has taken between four and five thou
sand dollars. Clarke, after making the
was taken to the Ludlow
street Jail. he will have an examine
ton tomorrow before the United States
Commissioner.
Judge Cooley Made Chairman.
WAsHrNoros, March 3I.-At about IL
o'clock this morning, Messrs. Cooley,
Morrison, Schoonmaker and Walker,
four members of the Interstate Com
merce Commission called at the White
House and paid their respects to the
President. Commissioner Bragg did
not arrive in the city in time to 90 With
them. but called at the White House
shortly afterragd and then joined his
associates af Willard's Hotel, where an
informal gathering tack place 10 enable
the members TO become better aequant-
cd with one another. At 3 o'clock the
Commissioners met By agreement at the
Interior Department, where their COM
where handed 10 them, and the
oaths Of Office administered
to them. On motion Of Colonel Morri-
sen, Judge Cooley was selected az Chair
uan Of the Commission. This action
vas unanimous, and was taken without
the members having come
10 the conclusion that Judge Cooley Vas
best fitted for the position. The Com
then proceeded to the temporR
~ quarters selected for them in the
HOoe bnildinR on Street, Just below
the Ebbitt House, and after an inspec-
sion OF the rooms. parted with the IN
that another meeting would
be held tomorroW for consultation. No
for the Secretaryship of the
Commission we're propo ed and the lat
ter is in abeyance.
why Ne Took the Bomb 90 the Patti
Concert
SAN FRANuIsoo, March 3l.-The trial
Of "Dr." James Hodges, the msn Who
exploded q bemb in the Grand Opera
House on the evening Of the 9th Of
February, during one Of the Patti cor
oerts, was begun this meruinQ in De-
paFtment IL Of the Superior Court, be-
fore Judge Morphy. Hodges testified
that be had gone TO the opera vith the
Of endinQ his life while Patti
vas singing. He had taken the powder
with him for that purpose, aud had
placed screws il uith the powder 90
hat they might break into his skull and
let out bis spirit. He placed the screws
in the can snd called them his ''tWelve
Il IA A. a.
while Patti vas singing 30 that be could
''be her page in spirit land" He ooald
hot account for the presence OF she bet
tle Of tnrpentine, which he said Was
bag poison" except that be bad unin
placed IL in bis pocket. 81
exploded the powder beneath my coat"
be said, 80 that nobody else would get
hart"
workings Of the New Law.
CHICAGO. March 3I.-At 8 meeting OF
The Western States Passenger Ass0cia-
ton to-day, il vas decided to make 3
uniform charge q all excess Of bag
gage vith that adopted By the Esstern
lines, namely, IL per cent All agreed
to ooutiRue second class rates oetueeB
Chicaeo and Sc Paul, Minneapolis and
La Superior points. and sell excursion
tickets TO the Pacific coast, sddiaR
thereto the usual excprsion rates from
Chicaeo, Sc. Louis. etc.
A peeial meeting Of the Chicago katl-
road Association held today. arranged
for putting into Wsstsrn Fats-sbeets 'he
deferenfiaI passenger rates allowed tbe
Chicago and Grand Trunk Railroad.
Hsrstofsze only travellers buying ticksts
at Ohicago coaId take advantage OF the
&l 80 les on tickets over that road, as
oataide agests we're not allowed %
snote the difsFence, bat hereaftsr u
viii be avaiiAhle from all points v st.
narFtssa Again Accepts.
CH1cAoo, March 3i.-A member Of the
committee Of Eve appointed lsst RiRht
20 ind q DsmosFAtie candidate for
Mayor called on Mayor HarFison at
noon and secured his sscspsance Of the
which vili probably be
ratified 81 the meesinR Of TIE COMMITTEES
Of Fifty thss Afternoon.
AND nao pEcLNks-